Senior Data Scientist, Research and Development

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.

Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.

Job Purpose and Impact

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As a Senior Data Scientist in Research and Development, your work will have a direct impact on efficient, sustainable food manufacturing solutions. This role will work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams to develop complex proofs of concept, minimum viable products, and scale fully deployed solutions across multiple manufacturing facilities. In this role, you will create complex predictive and computer vision models that help deliver significant value to the company's businesses.

Key Accountabilities

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• Work on multidisciplinary teams of data engineers, software engineers, data scientists and business subject matter experts to deliver complex projects on time and within budgets.
• Translate ambiguous and complex business problems into project charters clearly identifying technical risks and project scope.
• Take ownership for the entire data science workflow that includes a well-defined, complex project scope, exploratory data analysis, model development, deployment and monitoring.
• Continuously seek out best practices and develop skills.
• Create scalable structures to accelerate deployment to multiple facilities.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staf...